. >> we have a motion -- >> committee to the cal of the chair. >> to the call of the chair, we can do that without objection. >> madam chair, for purposes, for the benefit of folks who have applied and testified, they don't have to come back. >> yes. if you have testified today, you have spoken before the rules committee. we will certainly not ask you to come back to our next rules committee meeting. >> and i just throw out veronica, i didn't say this either, make sure you put down as many seats as possible on your application. you only put down one seat, but i think you could represent seat 8, as example of another one, but i bet you can fit a few others. it will give this committee a lot more flexibility. >> okay. so, at this time if it's okay with the committee, i'd actually like to go back to item number 2. sib do believe we have deputy director cat brown from animal control. we have you here already. if you could just speak broadly to the issue. >> i just wanted to verify that i talked to my office and that there were investigations of the candidate. >> thank you. so, going back